Kenneth More: The Making of a Movie Legend

Kenneth More was the living embodiment of British humour, steadfastness and resilience on the film screen and off.Born into a life of wealth in 1914, he fell into show business almost by accident and worked for nearly two decades - including at London’s famous Windmill Theatre - before becoming the icon we know today. After a long, distinguished stint in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, he was ‘discovered’ by Noël Coward and set on the road to fame.What followed was a string of films we have come to know as the most beloved classics of British cinema, such as Genevieve, Reach for the Sky, The 39 Steps, A Night to Remember, Sink the Bismarck! and Scrooge. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, his private life was almost as exciting as the roles he played.Following a string of affairs and eleven years of marriage, he made national headlines after running off with a young actress.Then, when a public spat with the head of Britain’s biggest movie studio damaged his career, he found a n